Stereo Install Questions...

[351wcrayz]

in the windshield/speaker problem, get the 1 way/4 way driver you need, find a vise somewhere thats bolted down, screw the ebd, bout 1/2" from the tip and make a 90+degree bend, will work then..

[torquelover]

I just mounted the head unit's sleeve right into the dash. It holds my dash trim piece (broken tabs) to the plastic DIN adapter behind the dash. There is a little metal visible at certain angles that I'll hit with some black paint the next time the head unit is out.

[87_crown_vic]

ok....pics aint the greatest. but you can see how i used 2 of the mounting brackets. i used one as a spacer to push ht radio out then used the bracket that bolts it in. had to do a couple small mods to one bracket that has the circle things around edge of hole for stereo on bracket.

[Nathan in MI]

Sorry for the confusion

Nah. Don't sweat it.

Hey, always interesting to learn folks' names. I guess we could call you Nate Jr. or Nato II? Or how about N2?

[1987cp]

Hey, always interesting to learn folks' names. I guess we could call you Nate Jr. or Nato II? Or how about N2? :p

[P72Ford]

Oh, you Nate, not me Nate. lol

Sorry for the confusion

[Nathan in MI]

Oh, you Nate, not me Nate. lol

[P72Ford]

Its the same head unit as this Nate has (thats me). Except mine has a slightly larger screen, and the disk opening is behind the faceplate.

Its fixed

[Nathan in MI]

Same as what?

[P72Ford]

Looks nice, cosmetics don't even clash with the interior that badly. Is that the same head unit as Nate's?

Its the same head unit as this Nate. Except mine has a slightly larger screen, and the disk opening is behind the faceplate.

[gadget73]

i will get pictures of how i installed Donnas stereo. i will take a pic of the brackets and how it all went together. this is how hers turned out. figured i would show hers and a pic of mine since i do the installs.

I see the Vic has the same problem the Towncar does, the trim ring for the stereo doesn't fit and you can see the metal bracket in there a bit around the edge. I think that must be common to all Fords, I've never installed one and been able to use the trim deal. Last time I did one, I cheated and just took electrical tape and put over the edges of the metal so it wasn't visible around the dash trim.

[Nathan in MI]

No--mine's a Pioneer, though it looks somewhat similar to that.

[1987cp]

i will get pictures of how i installed Donnas stereo. i will take a pic of the brackets and how it all went together. this is how hers turned out. figured i would show hers and a pic of mine since i do the installs.

Looks nice, cosmetics don't even clash with the interior that badly. Is that the same head unit as Nate's?

[gadget73]

Use a stereo install kit, it comes with a plastic trim ring thing that screws into where the factory brackets go, and the sleeve slides into that. Bend the tabs on the sleeve and you're set. Install kit is like $10.

[87_crown_vic]

i will get pictures of how i installed Donnas stereo. i will take a pic of the brackets and how it all went together. this is how hers turned out. figured i would show hers and a pic of mine since i do the installs.